The Calm Man: Rescue Remedy Spray

This homeopathic calming spray may be hooey. But if one of the world's foremost doctors uses it, there might just be something to it.

The liquid in this vial, a natural calming agent invented by British doctor Edward Bach in the 1930s, is flower extracts diluted to microscopic levels in a mix of water and brandy. Homeopathic stress relief. Does it work? I doubt we could prove it in a clinical trial, but not everything that's measured is important, and not everything that's important can be measured. I'm convinced it does. I squirt it on my own tongue — and, when they're rowdy, my kids'.

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